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Suhail Barakaali- Partner- Hogan Lovells Law Firm

“Jaffar was good and engaging. He gave good examples and was well prepared. HE is also very knowledgeable about the subject matter."

Nichola Reece-Burton- Head of Litigation-Senior Legal Consultant- James Berry & Associates

"Very knowledgeable and engaging trainer."

Anwar Bukhamseen- Vice Chairman of the Board - Kuwait International Bank

“I would take more courses with Jaffar at any time and would recommend other directors of bank boards to take courses with Jaffar. Jaffar opens new thoughts to subjects.”

Khalid Al Turki-Senior FI Relationship Manager at The Saudi Investment Bank

“Dr. Jaffar is one of the most influential instructors I have taken a couple of courses with. His very solid knowledge and effective delivery of information play a big role in his successful teaching techniques. As a person, he is a wonderful approachable person who would be glad and happy to provide consultation or assistance on any matters at any point in time, and shall I get an opportunity to learn from him again, I would gladly attend, listen, and learn."

Srinivas Kodavatiganti-Executive Manager at Banque Saudi Fransi

"Dr. Jaffar has conducted advanced programs under Treasury and compliance areas in various banks in MENA region. He holds extensive knowledge and work experience in BASEL II and BASEL III compliance with first-hand experience in implementing the same in several GCC Banks. He symbolizes a rare combination of extensive theoretical knowledge and applying the same to the real life challenges faced by the Banking institutions. I am happy to note that I have attended two of his programs and immensely benefitted from his wisdom and practical suggestions in advanced credit management and BASEL compliances. I wish him all the best in his future endeavors."

Ali Abdulla Marhoon-Senior Vice President- Riyadh Bank

“Jaffar has a wide range of knowledge in banking and finance not only in the course topic but also in many different areas under the banking and financial umbrella. Jaffar helped me understand what’s behind Basel 2 rules and gaining the required knowledge/Skills to apply them. His courses are very balanced between theory and practice with many real life cases. With his specialty in Basel accords, and with the continued improvements on them. I definitely like to meet him again in different courses. Jaffar has a critical mind, and for you to understand Basel stuff you need to listen to someone who criticizes them, Jaffar is one of the best to do so.”

Ali Alsarraf, Analyst- Risk Data Integrity & Reporting at Burgan Bank

“Dr. Jaffar has a great personality and put all the effort to give you the information, always happy to answer questions and make sure everyone understands the subject. Very knowledgable, and would like to take more courses with him in the future. I attended the Financial Risk Management Course with Dr. Jaffar, a great program for those who are new to Risk Management Field you will have an overview on RM. and I do recommend taking this course with Dr. Jaffar."

Ali Hasan, Credit Risk Manager, MBA, Warba Bank

"I have attended several courses locally and globally, Dr. Jaffar would be classified on the top of the instructors’ list i have met. He is distinguished and backed by both solid academic and field experience."

Yasmeen Elshazly, Credit Risk Analyst, The Industrial Bank of Kuwait

“I attended the FRM training course with Dr. Jaffar as a part of a group. I found him to be friendly, helpful, approachable, extremely knowledgeable and his presentation skills make for very effective training.”
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